320 GB FreeAgent Pro Triple Interface External Hard Drive, eSATA, FireWire-400, USB 2.0
Seagate
- ST303204FPA1E3-RK
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This thing is great... Not only does it look elegant setting next to my laptop, it has a small foot-print, making it welcome. Coupled with Mac's "Time Machine," you couldn't ask for more... A silent partner doing its job and looking good at the same time.
Unlike a Mac, it's not plug-and-play. You have to, using Mac's "Disk Utility", erase and reconfigure the hard drive, which doesn't take much.
Unlike a Mac, it's not plug-and-play. You have to, using Mac's "Disk Utility", erase and reconfigure the hard drive, which doesn't take much.
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The concept of this drive was good and early production may have been decent.
Newer versions are a disaster because Seagate quality control has plummeted. I've bought several of these drives in various sizes. The immediate weak spot is the modules that allow the switch from Firewire to USB and SATA.
In earlier production, the module quality was better managed. In the current production, manufacturing quality is dismal and there is no after production quality control. As a result, it is not unusual for a drive to go out with both modules NFG, i.e. DOA.
I made the mistake of buying several of these drives in larger size for backup drives. Each of them had at one module bad and some were both bad. Without them the drive is dead. If it's not dead, there's no assurance that quality control is any better on the drive. Seagate customer service is atrocious and resists replacing bad modules. If the drive is alive with one module or a borrowed module, you're forced to rob the drive of what's
Newer versions are a disaster because Seagate quality control has plummeted. I've bought several of these drives in various sizes. The immediate weak spot is the modules that allow the switch from Firewire to USB and SATA.
In earlier production, the module quality was better managed. In the current production, manufacturing quality is dismal and there is no after production quality control. As a result, it is not unusual for a drive to go out with both modules NFG, i.e. DOA.
I made the mistake of buying several of these drives in larger size for backup drives. Each of them had at one module bad and some were both bad. Without them the drive is dead. If it's not dead, there's no assurance that quality control is any better on the drive. Seagate customer service is atrocious and resists replacing bad modules. If the drive is alive with one module or a borrowed module, you're forced to rob the drive of what's
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I've used this HD for over a month now. I'm a Mac user running OS 10.4.10 and connecting using firewire 400. I left the drive in the original format so I could copy data from PC's. The reason for 4 stars is because I had difficulty copying data from a friend's PC running Chinese Win XP. This could be caused by the language format, I'm not sure. The drive is fast enough and communicates well with my iMac. Sometimes I have to re plug in the power for the iMac to see it, but that is a minor problem. I would buy another one. The independent power is nice. The way it sits horizontally on the power strip isn't.
